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April 26, 2014

I’m back after a rather long hiatus. Had to attend to matters of
consequence – and oh, ye, I learned a lot of new things during that hiatus. Maybe I’ll share them
here one of these days. Today, I’m sharing my very first Cthulhu project.

Curiosity is what usually drives my creativity. I’m always curious how
something will come out. I said, “I’d like to try making a Cthulhu pendant. Let’s
see what happens.”

Using my favorite creativity medium, polymer clay, I mixed a few colors
to form a dark greenish glob. Without a specific design to work with, other
than the mental collage of various image renditions of the Lovecraft creature that
I saw online, I let my fingers bring the clay to life.

After baking the clay, I used dark acrylic paint to add shades to the
texture. When the paint dried, I coated the piece with Mod Podge to seal the
colors in. Then I glued a pendant hanger to the back.

And here’s my Cthulhu necklace #1!

I took the project a little further by molding a silicone cast of the
pendant, for if I become curious about what else I can make from it. My first
try at using the silicone cast was with plaster, which was a fail because the
tips of the tentacles broke off.